So, when we " pull the rug from under someone's feet, " we put that person in a difficult and unexpected situation.

因此，当我们“从某人的脚下把地毯抽掉”时，我们把那个人置于一个困难和意想不到的境地。

Now, he sighs, it seems to have " pulled the rug out from underneath us" .

现在，他叹了口气，它似乎“把地毯从我们下面拉了出来”。

This helps explain why CZ pulled the rug from under FTX in the run-up to its collapse.

这有助于解释为什么 CZ 在 FTX 崩溃前夕将其撤下。

For example, I felt like someone had pulled the rug out from under my feet when I found out my apartment building was being torn down.

例如，当我发现我的公寓楼要被拆除时，我感觉就像有人从我的脚下把地毯抽掉。

But the government will be able to get on with its job now without having to worry that Mr Berlusconi might at any moment pull the rug from under it.

但是现在政府可以不用担心贝卢斯科尼说不定在什么时候跑出来捣乱。

And by telling the story from their perspective, Austen tricks the viewer into believing their heroine knows best– only to pull the rug out from under the protagonist and the reader.

通过从她们的角度讲述故事，奥斯汀诱使观众相信他们的女主角了解一切——只是把地毯从主人公和读者下面拉开。

Now, Parliament has pulled the rug out from under him, and Mr. Johnson is at risk of falling into the same Brexit quagmire that dragged down his predecessor as prime minister, Theresa May.

如今，议会打破了鲍里斯的计划，鲍里斯即将面临陷入英国退欧泥潭的风险，而拖垮了他的前任特蕾莎·梅的正是这一泥潭。

I'm sure Georgetown felt pretty confident going into the NCAA finals as the heavily favored number one seed, only to have eighth-seeded Villanova pull the rug out from under them.

乔治城队肯定很自信能打进决赛他们是众望所归的头号种子，只有八号种子维拉诺瓦队能与之对抗。